Hair curler



y 1, 1952 T. M. CRUCE ET AL 2,601,860

HAIR CURLER Filed Sept. 10, 1951 INVENTORS.

1 l 1 BY I 1 I I 1 ATTORNEYS Patented July 1, 1952 OFFICE HAIR CURLER Thomas M. Cruce and Franklin 0. Batcman, Billings, Mont.

Application September 10, 1951, Serial No. 245,396

3 Claims. 1

This invention relates to hair curlers, the primary object of the invention being to provide a hair curler having means for rotaing the body portion thereof to wind thereon, lengths of hair to be formed into curls, thereby eliminating the inconvenience of manually wrapping the lengths of hair around the curler in forming a curl.

An important object of the invention is to provide a curler of this character which may be readily and easily applied for effectively curling the hair at the side or back of the head, wherein the hair to be curled is so located that it can only be reached and curled and manually wrapped around a curler with great difficulty.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds,

the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the curler constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the curler in its normal or untwisted condition.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the curler illustrating the elastic band used therein, as in a twisted condition.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the body portion which is tubular in formation is indicated by the reference character 5, and as shown has one end thereof closed at 6, the opposite end being closed by the cap 1 constructed preferably of material to grip the open end of the tubular body to hold the cap in place. This cap is formed with a central opening through which the rod 8 extends and in which the rod 8 is rotatably mounted, the rod 8 being provided with the hook 9 at one end thereof, on which the elastic band It] is positioned, the opposite end of the elastic band being connected with the closed end 6 of the body, by means of the hook H.

Secured to the end of the rodB and extended beyond the cap I, is the head 12 by means of which the rod 8 and elastic band l0 may be twisted from its normal untwisted condition shown by Fig. 2, to the twisted condition as shown by Fig. 3.

Pivotally connected with the tubular body is the clamp [3 which embodies a section of a length to extend to a point adjacent to one end of the body portion so that the desired quantity of hair to be curled may be clamped thereby.

At one end of the clamp I3 is the finger piece I4 by means of which the clamp may be tilted to provide the necessary space between the clamp and body portion to accommodate the length of hair to be wrapped around the body portion.

In using the curler the body portion is gripped by the fingers of one hand and the head I2 is rotated twisting the elastic band in a manner as shown by Fig. 3 of the drawing. The end of the length of hair to be twisted around the body portion is now inserted in the space between the clamp l3 and body portion 5, the hair being wedged between the clamp and body portion to hold the hair against slipping. The curler is now held tightly by the head l2 releasing the body portion. The twisted elastic band. ID will untwist, causing the body portion to rotate, with the result that the length of hair held thereon will be wound around the body portion. When the wrapped portion of the hair has properly set to form a curl, the curler may be withdrawn from the curl, leaving the curl well formed.

From the foregoing it will be seen that due to the construction shown and described, the hair may be curled or wrapped around curlers at difficult points on the head, to be reached by the operator, particularly at the back and side of the head.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A hair curler, comprising a hollow body, an elastic band secured within the body and connected with one end of the body, a rod to which said elastic band is connected, said rod extending through one end of the body, a head secured to said rod at a point beyond the end of the body, said head providing means: for effecting rotation of the rod and twisting said elastic band, and a clamp on the body for clamping hair to be curled, to said body, whereby said body is rotated, wrapping hair around the body as the body is released to the untwisting action of the elastic band.

2. A hair curler comprising a hollow body, an elastic band in the form of an elongated loop disposed within the body, one end of the elongated loop being secured to one end of the body, a cap closing the other end of the body, a rod connected with the other end of the elongated loop, said rod extending through the cap and mounted for rotation within the cap, a head connected with the rod, disposed externally of the body, said head providing means for effecting rotation of said rod twisting the elastic band upon itself tensioning the rod and body whereby the body is rotated upon releasing the body to the action of the band wrapping a length of hair thereon, and clamping means for clamping hair to the body.

3. A hair curler: comprising a hollow elongated body, a rod extending into one end of the body, a head secured to said rod for rotating said rod, an elastic band formed into an elongated loop,

disposed within the body, means for connecting one end of the elongated loop to one end of the body, the opposite end of the loop being connected to said rod whereby operation of the head twists the loop tensioning the loop, said loop adapted to rotate said body under the tension of the loop as the loop untwists, winding a length of hair thereon, and clamping means for clamping the length of hair to the body.

THOMAS M. CRUCE.

FRANKLIN O. BATEMAN,

No references cited. 

